Longspine spinefish

The longspine snipefish, bellowfish, common bellowsfish, snipe-fish, snipefish, spine trumpet fish, or trumpetfish, Macroramphosus scolopax, is a snipefish of the genus Macroramphosus, found in the Atlantic, Indian, and west Pacific Oceans, at depths of 25 to 600 metres .

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The Longspine spinefish lives in the demersal, marine, depth range 25 - 600 m , usually 50 - 350 m environment.

Misspelled Longspine spinefish in Medit. 'fish' from Germanic 'fiskaz' from same source as Latin 'piscis' from Indo-European word 'piskos' (p. 229 in Ref. 11979). Also Ref. 7439, 56807. Update Glossary Entered by Papasissi, Christine Modified by Sampang, Arlene G. More

The longspine spinefish is characterised as having an extremely long beak in the shape of a tube, with a small mouth with no teeth at the end. The head and the back are golden pink, but the belly is more silver. More

Another name for a Longspine spinefish is a Macroramphosus scolopax Source: Digital Fish Funnel, July 27, 2004 report as bad entry | send to a friend via email Add your own definition of Longspine More

Common names

Almindelig sneppefisk in Danish (dansk)
Apara-lápis in Portuguese (Português)
Bécasse de mer in French (français)
Bekasnik in Polish (polski)
Bekkacca in Maltese (Malti)
Bekkacca tal-bahar in Maltese (Malti)
bellowfish in English
Canario in Spanish (español)
Cháng wen yú in Mandarin Chinese
Common bellowsfish in English
Common snipefish in English
Corneta in Creole, Portuguese
Corneta in Creoles and Pidgins, Portuguese
Corneta in Portuguese (Português)
Corneta-malhada in Portuguese (Português)
Deepbody snipefish in English
Galinhola in Portuguese (Português)
Gallinazza in Italian (Italiano)
Gewöhnlicher Schnepfenfisch in German (Deutsch)
Kljunaèka in Slovene
Kljunaèka in Slovenian (slovenščina)
Šljuka in Croatian (Hrvatski)
Long nosed snipefish in English
longspine bellows-fish in English
longspine snipefish in English
Longspine spinefish in English
Lonspine snipefish in English
Mpekatsopsaro in Greek (Ελληνικά)
Mpekatsopsaro in Greek, Modern (1453)
Munacedda 'mperiali in Italian (Italiano)
Musico in Spanish (español)
Peixe-trombeteiro in Portuguese (Português)
Peixe-trompeteiro in Portuguese (Português)
Pesce trombetta in Italian (Italiano)
Pesce trummetta in Italian (Italiano)
Peste trompeta in Rumanian
Pisci ferru in Italian (Italiano)
Pisci trummetta in Italian (Italiano)
Pisciu trombetta in Italian (Italiano)
Pixxitrumbetta in Maltese (Malti)
Sagifue in Japanese (日本語)
Schnepenfisch in German (Deutsch)
Schnepfenfisch in German (Deutsch)
Slank snipvis in Afrikaans
Slender snipefish in English
Šljuka in Croatian (Hrvatski)
Snäppfisk in Swedish (Svenska)
Sneppefisk in Danish (dansk)
Snipe fish in Ukrainian (українська мова)
Snipe-fish in English
Snipefish in English
snipvis in Dutch (Nederlands)
Soffietto in Italian (Italiano)
Spine trumpet fish in English
Tae-ju-dung-ch'i in Korean (한국어)
Trombeteiro in Portuguese (Português)
Trombeteiro comum in Portuguese (Português)
Trompet baligi in Turkish (Türkçe)
Trompet balığı in Turkish (Türkçe)
Trompeta in Portuguese (Português)
Trompeteiro in Portuguese (Português)
Trompeter in Catalan (Català)
Trompetero in Spanish (español)
trompetero copete in Spanish (español)
Trompetfisk in Norwegian (Norsk)
Trompette in French (français)
Trumbetta in Italian (Italiano)
Trumbetta in Maltese (Malti)
Trumpet fish in English
Trumpetfish in English
Μπεκάτσα in Greek (Ελληνικά)
Μπεκατσόψαρο in Greek (Ελληνικά)
Μπεκατσόψαρο in Greek, Modern (1453)
Σαλπιγκτής in Greek (Ελληνικά)
Τρομπέτα in Greek (Ελληνικά)
長吻魚(鷺管魚) in Mandarin Chinese
长吻鱼(鹭管鱼) in Mandarin Chinese
鷸嘴魚 in Mandarin Chinese
鹬嘴鱼 in Mandarin Chinese
대주둥치 in Korean (한국어)

Order : Syngnathiformes
Family : Centriscidae
Genus : Macroramphosus
Species : Macroramphosus scolopax
Authority : Linnaeus, 1758